Rosette for fences



(No Model.)

s. MARTIN. ROSETTE FOR FENOES. No. 255,526. H Patented Mar. 28,1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' SAMUEL W. MARTIN, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

ROSETTE FOR FENCES.

. SPECIFIGATION'formingpart of Letters Patent No. 255,526, dated March28,1882,

- I Application filed January 3, 1882. (N model.)

mentations to thatclassofiron fencesin which vertical pickets or rodsare sustained by horizontal rails, and particularly to adapt the ornamentation for application to existing fences.

In carrying out my invention the ornamentations commonly known in theart as rosettes,and designed to be applied at thejuuction of the railand posts, are made of any suitable design or configuration and providedon their rear side with lips or cars to engage over the edges of thefence-rail, the lips being usually disposed as hereinafter explained.

The device is susceptible of modification,as hereinafter explained indetail.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l represents a front elevation 'of afence rail and picket having my ornamental rosette appliedthereto. Fig.2 is a vertical central cross-section of the same. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the rosette detached, looking against its rear side.Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the parts represented in Fig. 1, thedotted lines illustrating the manner in which the rosette is applied.Referring to the drawings,Arepresents one of the horizontal fence-rails,and B the vertical picket, which may be secured to the rail in anysuitable manner; but it is preferably notched and passed through therail and secured by setting the latter into the notch in the mannerrepresented in the drawings andin the Letters Patent heretofore issuedto me,

0 represents the rosette, made in the pres out instance of a diamondform, and provided on the back with two lips, a and b, curved downwardand upward, respectively, and also provided at its ends with recesses ordepressions c in the rear side. As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the rosetteis curved or bent backward at its two'ends in order that they may restagainst the front side of the picket, while the central portion restssnugly against the front face of the rail.

In applying the rosette to the previouslyconstructed fence it is placedin an inclined position against the front of the rail, as repre sentedby dotted lines in Fig. 4, with one lip above and the other below thefence-rail. The

rosette is then turned to an upright position, I causing its lips a andb to engage over theso located that after the rosette is adjustedinposition the lips may be bent or driven backward over the edge of therail in such manner as to lock the rosette firmly and rigidly in placeand prevent it from being disengaged.

In place of or in addition to the lip e, the rosette may be secured inposition in the manner represented in Fig. 2. provided, as is commonlythe practice, with one or more longitudinal ribs, f, on its rearside,over which one or both of the lips or may clinch, as indicated bydotted lines in Fig. 2. When the lips are thus bent over thelongitudinal ribs the removal of the rosette is impossible.

By the method of construction above described I am enabled to produceornamenta tions of great beauty and at a triflingcost, and to adapt themfor application to existing fences of various designs, so that theymaybe sold in the market as an article of manufacture for application tofences already in use.

It is manifest that the lips or ears may be.

The fence-rail is moving either the pickets or the rail, The recesses inthe rosette to receive the picket, hereinbefore referred to, are merenotches or cavities open on the side to the picket, and are not to beconfused with the ordinary eyes or sockets which encircle the picket andrequire the same to be inserted endwise.

What I claim is 1. In combination with the rail and the picket sustaineddirectly thereby, the detachable rosette provided with theoppositely-arranged lips to engage with the rail, and with the openrecesses to receive the picket.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a rosette having its ends providedwith open recesses in the rear side, and its edges provided with twolips, extending upward and downward, respectively.

3. A rosette for fences, provided on the back at opposite sides with twolips, one extended 2o upward and the 0therdownward,as described, wherebythe rosette is adapted for attachment to the rail by a rotary movement.

4. The rosette provided with the lips to and b, as described,and alsowith the supplemental 25 malleable lip e, whereby the device may belocked fast after being secured by the lips a and b.

5. A rosette provided with locking-lips, substantiallysuch as describedand shown,adapt- 0 ed to engage with the fence-rail by a rotary motionof the rosette.

SAMUEL W. MARTIN.

Witnesses:

O; O. KIRKPATRICK, r G. E. HIGHLEY.

